Brown's Chicken & Pasta on 111th Street in Oak Lawn, IL
There’s been a fried chicken debate going on between J and I since we started dating. I have always preferred Popeye’s Chicken while her family grew on Brown’s. If you’ve never heard of Brown’s, it’s probably because it’s a Chicago chain. If you have heard of Brown’s, it’s probably because of the “Brown’s Chicken Massacre” which happened at a Palatine location in 1993.
We were in Chicago for a surprise birthday party for one of J’s friends. It was J’s job to distract the birthday girl and get her to the party later in the evening. J and another friend decided they needed a girl’s night out at Al’s Char-House in Lagrange (review HERE). Since I was being used as an excuse to be in Chicago that weekend, I couldn’t be seen and therefore couldn’t go to dinner with the girls.
After dropping J off, I was on my own for dinner. We just had the Popeye’s/Brown’s discussion earlier this week so I thought I’d give the Chicago chain a chance to see if they really were better than my beloved Popeyes.
Brown’s has several locations in Chicagoland, but the one closest to where I was is on 111th and Cicero right at the Oak Lawn/Alsip city limits. It’s a really small shop and really hard to get in to. I missed the entrance and had to go up a block and turn around. When I turned in to the very small parking lot, I headed straight one of just a handful of spots in front of the building. Read the rest of this entry »
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